How do the Orioles bounce back after such a brutal loss? I don’t have that answer, but what choice do they have? A good thing about baseball sometimes is that it's everyday nature. They have another game today and need to win it to win this series. I’ve been in their clubhouse over the years a day after a tough, tough loss and am always surprised a

BOSTON – A long season awaits Anthony Bemboom, whether he’s in the majors or catching at Triple-A, but he’s already set aside some time for reflection. How could he not? Bemboom has been through a lot, starting with his decision to re-sign with the Orioles following the 2022 season. He was put on the 40-man roster and removed a month later, already

BOSTON – Adley Rutschman lined a single into left field in the first inning today, his determination growing to reach base in every plate appearance in 2023. To keep spinning major league and franchise records. The ball left Rutschman’s bat at 109 mph, and it was a foreshadowing of things to come against Chris Sale. But there was no way to predict

It’s never a good idea to infer regular season performance based on spring training numbers, but in the case of Josiah Gray there seemed to be some valid reason to believe what he did in Florida in March could translate into what he would do in Washington in April. Not the 0.55 ERA Gray posted in Grapefruit League play, as impressive as that looked

The Orioles and Boston Red Sox resume their season-opening series at Fenway Park this afternoon. The Orioles had 15 hits - including homers from Adley Rutschman and Ramón Urías - drew nine walks and stole five bases in their Opening Day 10-9 win on Thursday. The Orioles hit .395 (15-for-38) in the win and produced four doubles and two homers while

Davey Martinez admitted this spring he might be trotting out different-looking lineups on a daily basis, based on matchups, lefty-righty splits and other assorted information. Whether the Nationals manager realized all along how different his Game 1 and Game 2 lineups would look is a valid question. The lineup card Martinez submitted for this after

The Orioles' Triple-A Norfolk affiliate began its new season last night. But the seasons do not begin for Double-A Bowie, High-A Aberdeen or Single-A Delmarva until next Thursday. But today we have the break-camp rosters for those three clubs as they were announced this afternoon. There still could be tweaks and changes to these rosters between now

BOSTON – The Orioles used six leadoff hitters over the course of last season, with Cedric Mullins getting the vast majority of the starts. Manager Brandon Hyde already has used two this year and the Orioles are two games into their schedule. Mullins moves down to eighth today against Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale, and Ramón Urías rises to the top

BOSTON – Ramón Urías is batting leadoff today for the first time in 215 major league games. He's starting at second base. Manager Brandon Hyde adjusted his lineup with left-hander Chris Sale starting for the Red Sox. Cedric Mullins moves down to eighth. Anthony Santander goes from left field on Opening Day to designated hitter. Ryan McKenna is batt

There are few days on the baseball calendar as frustrating as the off-day following Opening Day. It’s unfortunately tradition, though, included to serve as a fallback option for the season opener in case of bad weather. When the weather’s fine, all it does is give everyone way too much time to overanalyze Game 1 before turning attention to Game 2.